Ukrainian state-owned company Ukrinmash, part of the Ukroboronprom conglomerate, is proposing a version of its Project 58250 corvette for the Brazilian Navy’s Tamandaré-class corvette acquisition programme.

The Brazilian bid, known as the Project 58300 ‘Amazonas’ corvette, is a version of the baseline Ukrainian Project 58280 design by the Nikolayev (Mykolaiv)-based State Research Design Shipbuilding Centre, tailored to meet Brazilian requirements.

Ukrinmash has teamed with Brazilian state-owned shipyard Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro (AMRJ) in its attempt to win the four-ship Tamandaré-class project, which has a current budget of BRL2 billion (USD518.5 million).

Ukrinmash told Jane’s that, if selected, it is ready to deliver the ship as Brazilian Navy intellectual property.

Ukrinmash is proposing the Thales Nederland TACTICOS series combat management system (CMS) for the corvette.

Key characteristics of the design include a full displacement of 2,650 tonnes, a length of 112 m, a beam of 13.5 m, a range of up to 4,000 n miles at 14 kt, a maximum speed of 30 kt, as well as a hangar and flight deck to support operations by a medium-size helicopter up to 11 tonnes. Accommodation will provide for a complement of 110. Endurance is up to 30 days.